King LearDover Publications, 1994 M06 16 - 144 pages First performed about 1805, King Lear is one of the most relentlessly bleak of Shakespeare's tragedies. Probably written between Othello and Macbeth, when the playwright was at the peak of his tragic power, Lear's themes of filial ingratitude, injustice, and the meaninglessness of life in a seemingly indifferent universe are explored with unsurpassed power and depth. |
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... father . This villain of mine comes under the prediction ; there's son against father : the king falls from bias of nature ; there's father against child . We have seen the best of our time : machinations , hollowness , treachery and ...
... Father , father ! Stop , stop ! No help ? Enter GLOUCESTER , and Servants with torches GLOU . Now , Edmund , where's the villain ? EDM . Here stood he in the dark , his sharp sword out , Mumbling of wicked charms , conjuring the moon To ...
... father's son . The gods are just , and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us : The dark and vicious ... father ! Worthy prince , I know't . Where have you hid yourself ? How have you known the miseries of your father ? By ...